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Do u like Cricket? its great isn't it?

Yes, they are very tasty.

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Genius!

Cricket is a serious sport played by gentleman,

and england have the chance to win the ashes for the first time in about 20yrs

Really now? You mean like a single person, or... :hihi: Jokes apart, I like cricket (major sport where i'm from), but only when India play : ok: (Staring at the tube for 6 hrs is hard)

P.S: By the way, football is wayyyyyyyy better than cricket!

Does anyone think England will win the ashes? I think it will be closer cos England have improved but we're still behind the Aussies!

Prediction: 2-1 Aussies

A draw  : ok:

i think England have a really good chance, especially if they play like they played last year and they dont have any major injuries. Also i dont think Australia are as invincible as they once were.

Australia will whip the living shit out of England as they have done with every other cricketing nation on this earth. Australia are invincible in cricket and will be for at least another couple of years.

Well fuck me I never expected a cricket thread on this site! Hell yeh cricket is the greatest sport there is! I play semi pro cricket, and second to Guns n Roses and I'd better say my long term girlfriend that cricket is one of my major passions! P.S We have got at least a very strong chance of competing with the aussies almost on a par for once! Can we beat them? Who knows??

I do and no they wont.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
OI         OI         OI

GO GILLY


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Come on England! At least we will win on one thing guaranteed and thats our fans ! You aussies cant compete with the Barmy Army!! 2-1 to England in the Ashes! Big Freddie will destroy Gilly!!

Man Gilly is like the Andrew Johns of cricket the best player in the world. No offence but Australia are a much better team then the poms. We play with alot more aggression n dont pussy foot around (apart from Darren Lehman)

well predicted man

If Pieterson plays(which he will) you might be regretting counting your chickens.

Pieterson and Freddie both on form, in the middle TOGETHER? :drool:

Watch out Aussies your days at the top are numbered.

Ditto!!! This is the last thread I was expecting to see!!! Must say, I luv my cricket!!! and while i feel england will be competitive (was very impressed with what i say of pieterson against SAf), Australia will definetly come out on top....just the way it should be  :P!!!

Is it a beer drinking sport?

Thats 2 sports threads youve made a stupid arse comment on now, if you dont like the spot then dont post in the thread!

Freddie and Pieterson together on form in the middle would be something special!  :drool:

I was just asking. I never said I diddn`t like cricket. I don`t know what cricket is. If it is anything like golf it could be a fun alternative.

WOOO CRICKET

I had so much fun over summer gettin pissed N' watchin the Aussies flog everyone.


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Well, second test vs Bangladesh starts tommorow. Congratulations to Graham Thorpe for reaching 100 tests!!   :D   Class act!

Doesn't look like Pietersen will play in the tests unless someone gets injured. Bell looks like a great player, and he's only 22 or something, 2 innings, 2 50's, I think he's made 70 and 65*, pretty good going.  Can anyone see the point in playing Batty and not bowling him or giving him a bat? might as well pick Pietersen as an extra batter and have batters go all the way down to number 8. We should batter Bangladesh again tommorow, I would have liked to have seen a better side before the Aussies to give us some proper competiton to get warmed up 4 the aussies, sri lanka or pakistan anyone?

n e 1 watchin Pakistan and West Indies series?? West Indies r kilin Pakistan atm. i want pakistan 2 win

I watched a bit last night and West Indies were killing Pakistan but I want West Indies to win!

I want the Windies to win also, they have spent too long in the duldrums of World Cricket and have some fine players!

well the test series was drawn but Pakistan won the ODI's. i wanted pakistan 2 win as my parent r pakistani. the worst thing about pakistani team is the inconsistency. 1 minute we kik evry1's ass next game we play lyk bangladesh

We beat the Aussies!!

What a performance!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

yeh. England were absolutely quality. btw, wots happening with shane warne now?? is he coming bak??

Bangladesh beat Australia!!!

I cant believe it, its similar to Liverpool beating AC Milan in the champions league final

 :peace: congrats Bangladesh

No, that would be like Luxembourg beating Brazil at Football!!

England just beat the Aussies!!  Pietersen, what a lege!! 91* off 65 balls   :drool:

Beat the Aussies again today!!  ;D

Trescothick is having quite a summer, another century! Thats atleast 4 i can think of, might even be 5, cant remember!
First Englishmen to 10 odi 100's.

The first test finished today with Australia quite comfortably beating England, Mcgrath and Warne were awesome and the only player who stood in their way was Pieterson (who dropped 3 catches) - looks like England wont be winning the Ashes this year.

I love cricket.

Yes England have a chance, but it's a very slim one I'd say

England won the second test by 2 runs! - the series is now level at 1-1 with 3 to play.

4 som reason i think england performance will go down hill

i think england might actually win this series, the latest news is that brett lee might be out.

Come on the England boys!! Its high we had the Aussies down and out at cricket its been too long seeing their smug faces with the ashes!! P.S This is not a jab at aussies I have loads of aussie friends, but when it comes to the greatest game invented then its fucking war!!!!

Well well well!! Another test 50 to warnie : ok: : ok: Our top order could learn a few things from him. Tis ridiculous...but it must be said that while England may have won the second test, they havent won against a team playing to their potential. Australia are playing way below par and england are at their peak...the true test will be playing us at our peak...and we know what usually happens! :P ;)

Having said that, its been a awesome series so far! Hopefully it will bring more people to the game!  :D

England lead Ashes after epic win

Fourth Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, day four: England 477 & 129-7 beat Australia 218 & 387 by three wickets
England lead five-Test series 2-1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4192224.stm

The following commentary was done gradually over a period of hours, it didn't all happen in the time it takes you to read this post!


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Series is looking to be a draw at the moment. It's lunch and Australia have enough time left to get England out, then beat their total...

Series is looking to be going to England...It's 16:00, Pietersen is awesome. Aussies probably don't have enough time unless they can get those last three wickets pretty damn quickly, and even then it'd be a real push to get the runs...

I'm starting to grin...but I don't wanna get too excited yet...

SIIIIIIX!!!

Warne's a real character, I love him. He gave a little salute when the crowd cheered the replay of his crucial dropped catch  :hihi:

Oh, and another from Pietersen....SIX!!

And a four....

Ok, well it's over....but there's ridiculous confusion, lol. What an anti-climax! Don't think I remember a worse anti-climax in sport  :hihi: I can't pretend I'm not completely disappointed with the way it ended, I guess that's a real flaw in Cricket. Barring some sort of freak incident, this sort of thing just can't happen in Football, Rugby etc. I'm really thankful towards the Australian team for coming over and playing some amazing Cricket with the English team, but I don't think many people would disagree with me when I say the best team won. Australia didn't play their best consistently, but that was because they couldn't handle England - not because they're simply not in form, so whoever the Aussie was that posted, placing a strong emphasis on how England had beaten a sub-par team...don't make excuses  :P Australia have played fantastic cricket at times, and England have still beaten them.

Come on England! The ashes are back!!

Wheres the guy gone who said the aussies would whip the shit outta england?

Man the Super Series thingy starts Wednesday~!!! Cant belive aussies dropped Martyn... so what he had a shit Ashes? They all did 'xept Warnie. They should drop Clarke for the test.

Martyn is shit... he couldn't move his feet if they were on fire  ;D

England snatched defeat from the jaws of victory after their a batting collapsed and a good bowling performance by Pakistan.

Pakistan lead the 3 test series 1-0.

You lookin for me.

It sucked to see the Aussies go down to the poms but we have gone pretty hard since then.
Bring Back Big Bad BEVAN!!!


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Anybody see the video of Shahid Afridi scruffing up the pitch with his boots! he's banned for the the rest of the tour, thats a shame because he smashed england all over the place.

I just spent 5 days at bellerive oval in tasmania drinking and cheering........... And i think there was a cricket game on somewhere..........


Batman

No way that's a shame... that tosser deserved to be banned  :rant:

Yeh that was pretty shocking I thought! Pretty stupid to do it though when the tv cameras are on him all day! Not a bad finish to the day though for England! A few quick wickets tomorrow morning and we have gotta be in with a good chance of levelling the series! Hey sorry to blow my own trumpet but did anyone see the photo on the photo gallery on this website when I met Brian Lara at this years Tsnami game at Lords in June? I couldnt believe I got to meet one of the greatest cricketers to play the game! Mike

Afridi was a disgrace and I'm glad he's been banned, although it should have been permanent!!  England have a good chance tmora now, we cant afford to take too long finishing off their tail in the morning tho. 20 overs tops

England just about survived to get a draw thanks to bad light ending play early. England have to beat Pakistan in the final test to draw the series. I think this series has proven that Australia are still the best team in the world.

o ryt. thats what happened. thanx. i finally know. annoying. and he just started being consistent

Pakistan wooped Englands ass today, England only managed to take one wicket in the whole day, looks like they've lost the series.

shit man, there's a cricket thread! this is one civilised furum.

its about 5 in the morning and i'm just about to go to bed with the sweet sound of ian bothem commentating via sky sports. this series is over but i'm definately thinking we'll cain them in the 1-day series. i'm still convinced we now have the best team in the world, its just that damn sub-continent.

Well England got thrashed by Pakistan who won by an Innings and 100 runs, England need to improve if they gonna stand a chance against india.

ahh. New Zealand beat Australia on Saturday night and broke a record for a one day international. The highest successfull run chase of all time, 332 I believe

An absolute cracker of a game and a great series  :beer:

Andrew Symonds sucks cock. Pulls a ball from outside off that wasnt even short.
Onto his stumps, mind you.

So because of that, he peforms oral sex on men? Are you sure?
Symonds is playing unreal atm. He had an absolute blinder against South Africa last week.
Bring Back BEVAN!!!!!


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The 20/20 game the other day was the best game of cricket I ever saw. I think 20/20 should be alot more regular. What do u think?


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i have to say that i agree with ricky ponting that it is great, but only in small doses and the game of cricket would go stale fast if it was too regular. Sure it was a good game but its hard to go and get absolutely trashed at the game if it only goes for 3 hours. I love taking the time off work and sitting in the wet area with my mates at a test match drinking all day and chanting WAAARRRNNEEEYYY!!! WAAARRRNNEEEYYY!!!! (plus warney dont play one dayers anymore, just tests) : ok:

I can't wait for the next ashes series,

Come On England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :love: :love: :nervous:

I can see the Aussies nicking it (pun intended  :P) when we're there! If Warnes retired by then it might be different

Cross fingers for that it would give us a much better cahnce,Ausrallia would have been hammered last summer if it wasn't for him :yes:

Looks like us Aussies are in trouble against the Sri Lankans in the final.... Any aussies here?

Yep. I thought Clarke and Bracken would have starting batting a bit more aggressively a few overs earlier.

i think if we had mcgrath we could have restricted them to 250 or less....and things would have been different

right know the pakistan and india series is on.the next 1 odi is tonight.this is going to be a great series!!!!

I'm hoping for good things from England In India I hoping they will get back to the form that saw them thrash the Aussie's last summer :beer:

We'll see... :beer:

we can win if Freddie is at his best

We'll need every1 not just Freddie to be on top form to retain the Ashes

Yeah That's true But I think Freddie Is key as is Kevin pietersen ,Micheal Vaughan,Simon jones

so 1/2 the team lol

every1 is key to winning cricket against good sides, openers, middle order, lower order an tail all need to contribute.
its no good struass and tresco puttin on 150 if every1 else collapses and we get bowled ouyt for 280 or something.

as with the bowlers, we cannot afford someone to take 1-100 or something like that cos it negates any good work done by other bowlers.

Hoggard should become the 9th (i think) english bowler to take 200 test wickets in india, he on 190ish now i think

i'm actually quite looking foward to seeing How Monty panesar does word is he's a top notch bowler but a crap batter ::)

I remember the poms going off for bad light alot. Its the aussies all the way this time, We cant be beaten on home soil.   : ok:

Probaly Right But don't rule England out just yet I bet they Raise their game again against the Aussies like they did last summer and I don't know If Mcgrath and Warne will last the series seeing as they are just about ready to collect their pension

hehehe, only time will tell ,Mcgrath isnt touring atm as his wife got breast cancer, Warnie should be ok for it though, Im pretty confident we can win with those two, We should get jason gillespie back to bowl though. :no:

playing for yorkshire next year, if he cant get wickets at headingley then he's fucked

Congrats To Freddie on getting the England Captaincy For the tests in India,Sorry to hear He will miss the Birth of his Baby he's making a big sacrifice for his Country

Good On You Freddie :beer: :beer:

Did anyone see the greatest one day match since the inception of one day cricket??  :o

SA beat Australia, chasing 434 in 50 overs to make 438!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4797004.stm

any game Australlia lose is fantastic as far as I am concerned :hihi:

Aye, I watched it.

The United vs. Newcastle match was boring anyway...

434 was a new world record, and would have been incredible if it was ever repeated again in the next few years.

But having it beaten in the same match was just insane!

Herschelle Gibbs had one of the best innings of all time, it was amazing to watch.

Fuckin hell, half of Englands ashes team out?!

like fletcher said change the situation round and we'd be shittin all over india now!

England Playing well now and I think they willlevel the series against India :hihi:

Should do with some proper batting tmora!

Strauss back on form!

He's fuckin awesome, 8 centuries in 24 matches, thats some going!!

There's going to be a lot of competition for places come the Summer!

Trescothick: Will probably get back in the side on his record alone, which is very good to be fair!

Strauss: Amazing career so far, my favourite eEngland batsman, will surely get back in after that 128, but may have been shakey if not!

Cook: Deserves another chance somewhere but has got time on hi side so unless there are injuries will probably miss out!

Vaughan: Cert unless injured

Bell: Not a good tour to India, looks vulnerable on off stump, may miss out in England.

Collingwood: May get another chance at 5, had a pretty good tour in India

Pieterson: Certain starter in England even if he hasn't scored a ton in India

Shah: Deserves another chance at 4 after an impressive debut, a good run in the ODI's will probably guarantee him a spot against Sri Lanka

Flintoff: Cert

Jones: Good display with the gloves in Indias 1st innings, will probably get another go but needs some big runs soon, avaeraging less than 30.

S Jones: Should get back in if not injured

Giles: Career may be over at International level

Panesar: Looks useful, hopefully will get another go this summer

Hoggard: Cert

Harmison: Probably cert but hasnt been good since Windies

Anderson: Good 1st Innings, again good ODI's may give him another chance

Plunkett: Poor tour, one for the future tho.

My 11 for 1st Sri Lanka Test:

Trescothick
Strauss
Cook
Vaughan
Collingwood
Pieterson
Flintoff
G Jones
S Jones
Hoggard
Panesar

or maybe drop Cook and bolster the bowling with Harmison/Anderson

Then theres Shah and which ever 2 miss out from above

Englands cricket lookin strong!  ;D

Looking Good for the ashes this winter,I hope : ok:

Wahey!!

Drawn the series 1-1, amazing considering we had 6 injuries!!  ;D

What a bowling performance

Wow!!, Engalnd won I'm at work and didn't know that Good on you Boy's well done and Well done Freddie what a great stand in captain

Bring on Sri Lanks and Pakistan now!

Apparently most of the injured players won't be back for the 1st test, so it'll be another young team for the 1st few tests of the summer

England did really well to win the last test match and draw the series, however i think the Indians are at fault because they got arrogant and underestimated England.

Yeah they thought they had the series in the bag,Though Sachin Tendulkars lack of form let India down in the final test

I don't know if they underestimated us or were just outplayed

Also the Aussies have sat up and taken notice at that win, Langer said he'd gained new respect for England managing to draw in India with half a team out!

Next Ashes should be good, it could be Englands turn to dominate them soon with all Australias players comin to retirement age

Yeah I can't wait to send Warne and Mcgrath packing  : ok: :beer:

England managed to snatch defeat from the the claws of victory again! they lost the first one day match against india after being in a commanding position.

England are so inconsistent in the ODIs

Well, the county season has started, I'm a Yorkshire fan! Drew our 1st Championship game and lost our 1st OD'er. Gillespie making his debut today tho! Come on you Tykes!

Anyone else take note of the county game or just internationals?

first of all england got there asses kicked against india in the one days!!! and second they cant beat pakistan!!there amazing!!they lost in january and december and they will loose again!!pakistan has some of the best players

Inzamam
afridi
khan
yousuf
akmal
butt
ahktar
asif
razzaq
naveed
kaneria
irafath
 they cant beat pakistan!!

So they can beat Australia with:

Warne
Mcgrath
Ponting
Hayden
Gilchrist

to name only a few, and they can draw away in India who have:

Dravid
Tendulkar
Kumble
Harbajan

again to name but a few, and don't forget we had 6 test regulars out in that series including our captain, but they can't beat Pakistan.  Believe me it will be a very different story in England, Pakistan's batsmen will struggle in England with our bowling attack. Remember England have only lost 1 home test in the last 2 years.

And England have shown they are pap in ODI's and awesome in tests so I wouldn't read anything into our ODI mauling.

they will beat england for sure!!! it might e fixed maybe.because england doesnt want there streak to end.so they will tell pakistan that we will let you win the odi's if you let us win the tests! and when you named india how can you forget dhonni.he was number 1 batsmen for a while!!

haha

yer sure they'll fix it, the excuses are coming out early

I didn't mention Dhoni because he has being an international player for only a year or so where as the other players i mentioned have scored thousands of runs and taken hundreds of wickets

btw, hoggard should manage his 200th wicket in the 1st test! : ok:

England 226-2 at the moment  ;D

Nice innings from Tresco
Strauss looked good this morning
Cook looks a great talent
Pieterson on 4 but if he gets in.... :drool:

your the one with the excuses!!hoggard sucks!!! india riped him apart!! Watch england arent gonna make it far in the world cup. its going to be india vs australlia. and india vs pakistan in the semis.either india will vs austraillia or pakistan will. England sucks.

NEXT ASHES......... prediction..... win to AUSTFUKINRALIA!!!!         :nervous: ehhhh if we got warney and mcgrath......   :hihi:

where have I made an excuse anywhere?
hoggard sucks in ODI's but has 197 test wickets at 28 each, so he hardly sucks does he? And how did India rip him apart? In the ODI's they did but I'm talking tests where he was awesome and ripped India apart if anything. Cos I don't really care too much for pyjama cricket (ODI's)

And you're probably right about the World Cup. England won't get far, Aus, India, Pakistan and SA are the top 4 ODI side's so unless they play each other before will probably make up the 4 semi finalists!

I never noticed a cricket thread on a GNR board!

I'm gonna be at Edgbaston on the 27th....barmy army stand....was there last year for the ashes...one of the most incredible sporting events I've ever been to.

Lucky Bastard!

That knock from Pieterson was  :drool:

England should win the 1st test tomorrow barring the rain!

Looks like it will end in a draw now they have gone off for bad Light,how could england let this one slip away they were in such a stong position?

It was a mistake to enforce the follow on I think, it meant they were in the field for about 250 overs, and a decent side never collapses twice, it was still a decent pitch remember, if we'd have batted again, the pressure of chasing 550ish would have been too much and we would probably have won

Lunch time, day 1 of the 3rd test and england have turned it around, 86-4

Greaty performance by flintoff and good to see hoggard get his rythm going with a wicket

come on england

98-5  :beer:

England got a hammering from Sri lank but they are doing well against Pakistan, any body else looking forward to the 3rd test?